This book could be a good read for someone who enjoys fantastical adventures filled with unexpected heroes. Join Bilbo Baggins as he embarks on a journey with a company of dwarves in search of treasure guarded by a fearsome dragon. Along the way, you'll encounter trolls, goblins, elves, and giant spiders, and witness a truly epic battle. The Hobbit beautifully weaves together elements of fantasy and adventure, leaving readers captivated by its imaginative world and inspired by the bravery of its unlikely hero. Get ready to be swept away on an adventure you'll never forget.

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• Keith Barker Millennium Book Award
• Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Older Readers (1997)
• Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies (1990)

Alternate cover editions for this edition can be found here and here.Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left eye. He was only pretending to be asleep! He was watching the tunnel entrance... Whisked away from his comfortable, unambitious life in his hobbit-hole in Bag End by Gandalf the wizard and a company of dwarves, Bilbo Baggins finds himself caught up in a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon...

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